Hairpin river loops and slip-sense inversion' on southeast Asian strike-slip faults

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 703-706

  Lacassin, Robin ^a   Hervé, Anne Replumaz P ^a   Leloup, ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIVERS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

LARGE RIVERS; LATE CENOZOIC; NORTHERN THAILAND; PLIOCENE; RED RIVER; SLIP RATES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRESS FIELD;

FAULT SLIPS;

CENOZOIC; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SLIP RATE; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; NEOTECTONICS;

RED RIVER [UNITED STATES]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; ASIA;

EID: 0032405553     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0703:HRLASS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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